Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Salem: Saying good-bye

The team wrote a somewhat detailed report today at lunch about the last few days. But due to a technical glitch, I lost the entry.

So, as they're currently at the airport (they should be at their gate as I'm typing this), I'll just conclude with some quotes from dinner conversation tonight - 

  • Several team members kissed giraffes this morning. You'll have to get the scoop from them!
  • Going to the market to buy souvenirs was  quite an experience. Tim described the vendors' enthusiasm to serve them as "like piranhas going for fresh meat"!
  • Derick is thinking of starring in "Farmer wants a wife." OK, not really. But he's been told by a Kenyan couple that once their baby gets born, if it's a girl, he can marry her. So the team might re-unite in Kenya in 20 years.
  • For dinner, the team sampled crocodile, guineafowl, camel, and had lots of other good meat and salads. They all decided that the camel was not too good. It may take a person the entire flight to Amsterdam to chew one bite.

They really had an amazing time in our village, and we were blessed to have them. We look forward to seeing the future results of their work, especially in terms of the farmers' coop that was started this week!

Thank you for each of you who were a part of this journey through your support and prayers.

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